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Charlotte Wells’ AFTERSUN Leads Nominations for 2022 British Independent Film Awards

Aftersun directed by Charlotte Wells

Aftersun, Charlotte Wells’ poignant portrait of a father and daughter’s complex relationship leads the nominations for the 2022 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), receiving 16 nominations, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, the Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) and Best Debut Screenwriter for Wells, a Best Joint Lead Performance nomination for stars Paul Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio, who also received a Breakthrough Performance nomination, alongside a Best British Independent Film nod.

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CLEAN SLATE Trailer: Jared Callahan’s Cinéma Vérité Documentary Provides Look into World of Recovery

Clean Slate directed by Jared Callahan

The award-winning documentary Clean Slate, the latest from Emmy-Nominated filmmaker Jared Callahan (Janey Makes A Play), tells of two friends in a Southern drug recovery program struggling to come to terms with their addiction and mental illness by making a short film about the pain they’ve caused their families.

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CLOSED CIRCUIT Documentary Uses Raw Footage from Security Cameras to Document a Terrorist Attack | Trailer

Closed Circuit directed Tal Inbar

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Tal Inbar (The Home Front), Closed Circuit uses riveting raw footage from security cameras to document a terrorist attack as it unfolded, moment by moment, in real time.

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SANTA CAMP Trailer: Professional Santas Learn Tricks of Trade at New Hampshire Campsite in HBO Documentary by Nick Sweeney

Santa Camp directed by Nick Sweeney (HBO)

Where all Santas are welcome.

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Sony Pictures Classics to Release Matt Brown’s FREUD’S LAST SESSION Starring Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode

Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode

Sony Pictures Classics acquired Freud’s Last Session, directed by Matt Brown (The Man Who Knew Infinity) and based on his play of the same name. The film stars Academy Award® winner Anthony Hopkins and Emmy® nominee Matthew Goode (The Crown, Burning Man, The Offer).

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Sundance Award Winning Myanmar Documentary MIDWIVES by Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing Opens in US | Trailer

Midwives directed by Snow Hnin El Hlaing

The award-winning Myanmar documentary, Midwives, follows two midwives, one Buddhist and one Muslim, defy strict ethnic divisions to work side by side in a makeshift clinic in western Myanmar, providing medical services to the Rohingya of Rakhine State. Over five years we witness their struggles, hopes and dreams amidst an environment of ever-increasing chaos and violence.

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Noah Baumbach’s WHITE NOISE to Open 2022 Whistler Film Festival Lineup

White Noise directed by Noah Baumbach

Whistler Film Festival (WFF) announced the full lineup of 86 bold and inspiring films for its 22nd edition taking place in-person from November 30, to December 4 2022 in Whistler, BC, and online from December 5 to January 2, 2023.

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MIKE MIGNOLA: DRAWING MONSTERS to Open 10th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival Lineup

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

After two years of online and hybrid festivals, the 10th edition of CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival will return to an exclusively in-cinema experience, showcasing 15 features, 10 shorts, and filmmakers in attendance at Globe Cinema from November 23-27, 2022.

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LAMBORGHINI: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND Trailer: Frank Grillo Stars as the Iconic Entrepreneur

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

Lionsgate unveiled the official trailer for Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend, the biographical drama that follows “the long life of the iconic entrepreneur, from the manufacturing of tractors at the start of his career, to creating military vehicles during World War II, and then on to designing and building the Lamborghini cars that ultimately defined his profound legacy.”

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Nida Manzoor’s Action Comedy POLITE SOCIETY Sets Spring 2023 Release Date

(Focus Features)

The action comedy film Polite Society marks the feature debut for writer/director Nida Manzoor, creator of We Are Lady Parts.

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1314 FRAMES OF LOVE AND WAR Documentary Portrait of Micha Bar-Am, Living War Photographer at Other Israel Film Festival | Trailer

1341 Frames of Love and War (Photo By Micha Bar-Am. Courtesy of Photographer)

Directed by Israel’s acclaimed filmmaker Ran Tal (Children of the Sun, The Museum, The Garden of Eden, What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace), 1341 Frames of Love and War is a subversive and philosophical documentary portrait of one of the world’s most important living war photographers, Micha Bar-Am. The film will celebrate its New York premiere at Other Israel Film Festival.

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IFC Films to Release LAKOTA NATION VS. UNITED STATES, Documentary Chronicles Lakota Indians’ Quest to Reclaim the Black Hills

Lakota Nation vs. the United States

IFC Films has acquired Lakota Nation vs. the United States, the documentary directed by Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli (MLK/FBI). The film chronicles the Lakota Indians’ quest to reclaim the Black Hills, sacred land that was stolen in violation of treaty agreements. A searing, timely portrait of resistance, the film explores the ways America has ignored its debt to Indigenous communities and ponders what might be done today to repair the wrongs of the past.

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